Nurse / Midwife at St Luke's Hospital Asaba

The Role

• Reporting to the hospital’s matron in the day-to-day management of patients.
• The Nurse/Midwife will also take an active role in overseeing and assisting patients in sustaining and maintaining their health and wellbeing.
• They may participate directly in care when services are initially implemented.

Responsibilities

• Implementing nursing care plan for patients at designated work station
• Assist medical team in patients' diagnosis and treatment
• Performing procedures such as admission & discharge, taking histories, monitoring vital signs with necessary follow-up, wound dressings, administering medication, IV placement, insertions and providing other assistance as needed
• Prompt incidence reporting and management of patients' grievances
• Admission and discharge of patients
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation of patients' encounters.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment always
• Comply with the use of Standard Operating Procedures and policies
• Complete and accurate documentation
• Incidence reporting.
• Adherence to quality standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Double qualification: RN, RM, or any other specialty with a valid nursing practicing license.
• Computer literacy.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to details.
• Ability to handle stress and crisis situations.